Wardrobe garment hanger support



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BY 'me ///6 HTJJENEX United States Patent 1 2,702,734 WARDROBE GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT Nathan J. Kroll, Chicago, Ill. Application April 3, 1952, Serial No. 280,271 1 Claim. (Cl. 312-275) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a Wardrobe garment hanger support for the storage of wearing apparel or the like placed therein, and has for one of its principal objects the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly efiicient in use and economical in manufacture.

Another object of equal importance is the provision of an arrangement such that upon opening of the ward robe the garments therein stored are automatically brought within convenient reach.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device acting as a stop for limiting the opening movement of the wardrobe door as well as providing a ready and convenient means for hanging clothes on hangers and for taking the clothes oil? the hangers.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

T he invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the wardrobe in open condition and showing the invention in its extended position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the wardrobe in closed condition and my invention in its retracted position;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view of the hinge connection employed in the invention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. but showing a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view of the hinge connection employed in the form of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 2, but showing another modified form of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail view of the hinge connection employed in the form of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 2, but showing another modified form of the invention:

Fig. 10 is a sectional detail view of the supporting red as shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a fragmentar detail view of the hinge connection employed in the form of Fig. 9.

The several objects of the invention are accomplished by the preferred form of construction shown in the accompanying drawings and in which a wardrobe is indicated at 19, having side walls 11, a top wall 12, and a back wall 13. At one side of the wardrobe there may be located a series of drawers 14, and at the opposite side there is a garment closet normally accessible through a door 15 hinged as at 15 to the wardrobe 10.

An eyelet screw 16 is threaded into the under surface of the top wall 12, as viewed in Fig. 2. A substantially rectangularly shaped hanger rod 17 has its upper section 18 inserted in the eyelet 16 and is adapted for slidable movement therethrough. One end of the hanger rod 17 passes through an aperture 19 formed in a L-shaped bracket 20 secured to the inside of the door 15, the aperture 19 having a diameter slightly larger than that of the rod 17 so as to permit free movement of the rod.

The bracket 20 may be secured to the door 15 by any suitable means, such as the screws 21. The hanger rod 17 is curved as illustrated, so that it will follow the are of the swinging door during opening or closing movement of the door. The lower section 22 of the hanger rod 17 is free to carry garment hangers 23 and will, upon the opening of the door, present such hangers 23 within convenient reach for selection or arrangement of the clothes thereupon. Upon closing of the door, the hanger rod 17 is retracted within the closet space.

2,702,734 Patented Feb. 22, 1955 ice It will also be noted that when the door 15 is opened and the upper portion 18 of the hanger rod 17 rides through the eyelet 16, the end 24 of the rod in cooperation with the eyelet 16 will act as a stop for limiting the opening movement of the door.

The construction of the modified form of the invention as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is the same as that described above, with the exception that in place of the L-shaped bracket 20 and the aperture 19, the hanger rod 17' is connected to the door 15 by a clamp 24, which engages the end of the rod 25, but at the same time permits the free swinging action necessary for the operation of the rod 17 In Figs. 7 and 8 is illustrated another modified construction. As illustrated the hanger rod 26 has formed in its lower portion 27 protrusions 29, which are adapted to prevent the clothes hangers 23 from sliding on the rod 26 or bunching together, thereby wrinkling the garments hung thereupon. The hanger rod 26 is fastened to the inside of the door 15 of the wardrobe 10 by means of a finger clamp 31 secured to the door 15 by screws 32.

In Fig. 9 a modification of the wardrobe is shown in which there is a slotted bar 32 employed. This bar has its end portions turned upwardly and outwardly to provide mounting lugs 32' so that when it is attached to the top wall of the wardrobe 10 by any suitable means, such as screws 33, the bar 32 will be substantially below the plane of the top Wall. This slot provides a track 33 the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The hanger rod 34 has its end portion 34' bent upwardly and hingedly connected to the U-shaped bracket 35 secured to the inside of the door 15 by screws 36. The opposite end of the rod 34 is bent upwardly and terminates in a ball 37 which is disposed in the slot of the bar 32 between the top wall of the Wardrobe and the bar. The ball 37, being of a larger diameter than the slot of the bar 32, cannot pass out of the track 33' provided by the slot. The arrangement is such that when the door 15 of the wardrobe 10 is opened, the hanger rod 34 will be pulled outwardly, the ball 37 riding on the track 33 and acting as a stop for limiting the opening movement of the door 15 when the ball 37 reaches the forward end of the slot of the bar 32.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have provided an arrangement which will be highly eflicient in use and economical in manufacture.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a wardrobe having a closet space, a door for said closet space, movable hanger supporting means within said space, said hanger means comprising a continuous substantially rectangular rod member having arcuated top and bottom sections spaced apart and substantially parallel with respect to each other, connecting means between said door and said hanger supporting means and adapted to move said hanger means through an arcuated path from within said space when said door is opened and to return said hanger means Within said space when said door is closed, means for supporting and guiding said hanger means within said space, said last-named means comprising a stationary eyelet screw attached to said wardrobe at a predetermined point within said space and adapted to receive said top section of said rod, and means on said hanger supporting means cooperating with said screw for limiting opening movement of said door.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,015,918 Walters Jan. 30, 1912 1,836,918 Hammer Dec. 15, 1931 2,181,025 Plotkin Nov. 21, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS 212,025 Great Britain Mar. 6, 1924 

